Veulettes-sur-Mer

Veulettes-sur-Mer

Veulettes-sur-Mer
Location within Upper Normandy region Veulettes-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E / 49.8478°N 0.5969°E / 49.8478; 0.5969Coordinates: 49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E / 49.8478°N 0.5969°E / 49.8478; 0.5969
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Cany-Barville
Intercommunality	Côte d'Albâtre
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Christian Legrand
Area¹	4.71 km² (1.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	336
• Density	71/km² (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76736 / 76450
Elevation	0–81 m (0–266 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Veulettes-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A tourism and farming village situated on the coast of the English Channel in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the D79 and the D271. The Durdent river flows to the sea here through the pebble beach (the longest in the department at 2 km) and huge chalk cliffs which rise up to face the sea .

Heraldry

	The arms of Veulettes-sur-Mer are blazoned : Azure, in fess 2 roses Or and in pale a crescent and a heart with a cross on top argent (those 4 charges in a lozenge formation), and in chief a label argent.

Population

Historical population of Veulettes-sur-Mer
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	439	363	342	369	299	296	336
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.